MIDTERM Exam - Environmental
Environment - verified answer Surrounding or doncitions in which an organism lives or operates
What does the environment make include - verified answer Living things
Non-living things (dirt, rocks, weather0
Our Constructed environment
How does our constructed environment impact the environment - verified answer Pollution,
deforestation, garbage, oil spills, etc...
How do we interact with nature - verified answer We alter the environment by creating institutions
or by making mistakes like spilling oil in the ocean for example
Earth Science (Geoscience) - verified answer "The scientific study of history, structure, and the
composition of the Earth".
Geoscience
Geo = earth
Logos = study of
Subdiscipline include
-Sedimentology
Ecology
Geochemistry
etc...
Science - verified answer Intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the
structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Systematic - verified answer Over and over again
Observation - verified answer Just looking at what it is
, Experiments - verified answer Testing out
Scientific methods - verified answer A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant
data are gathered, hypothesis formulated from data, and tested.
Scientific method steps - verified answer 1) Identify problem
2) Collect Data
3) propose hypothesis (educated guess)
4)Test your hypothesis
Theory - verified answer A group of propositions formulated to explain phenomena in the natural
world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation
ex) evolution, plate tectonics
Law - verified answer A phenomenon of nature that has been proven to invariably occur whenever
certain conditions exist or are met
ex) gravity
Theories that may be altered or replace - verified answer Evolution 2
Flat Earth vs spherical eartj
Church and Galileo where church believed earth is revolved around everything while Galileo thought
otherwise
Hydrosphere - verified answer ALl the water on the Earth's surface (lakes, rivers, oceans)
___ of earth is covered by water, __ of oceans, and -__ of freshwater - verified answer 70%, 97%, ca.
3%
Atmosphere - verified answer Air surrounding Earth
5 layers of the atmosphere - verified answer 1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
Environment - verified answer Surrounding or doncitions in which an organism lives or operates
What does the environment make include - verified answer Living things
Non-living things (dirt, rocks, weather0
Our Constructed environment
How does our constructed environment impact the environment - verified answer Pollution,
deforestation, garbage, oil spills, etc...
How do we interact with nature - verified answer We alter the environment by creating institutions
or by making mistakes like spilling oil in the ocean for example
Earth Science (Geoscience) - verified answer "The scientific study of history, structure, and the
composition of the Earth".
Geoscience
Geo = earth
Logos = study of
Subdiscipline include
-Sedimentology
Ecology
Geochemistry
etc...
Science - verified answer Intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the
structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Systematic - verified answer Over and over again
Observation - verified answer Just looking at what it is
, Experiments - verified answer Testing out
Scientific methods - verified answer A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant
data are gathered, hypothesis formulated from data, and tested.
Scientific method steps - verified answer 1) Identify problem
2) Collect Data
3) propose hypothesis (educated guess)
4)Test your hypothesis
Theory - verified answer A group of propositions formulated to explain phenomena in the natural
world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation
ex) evolution, plate tectonics
Law - verified answer A phenomenon of nature that has been proven to invariably occur whenever
certain conditions exist or are met
ex) gravity
Theories that may be altered or replace - verified answer Evolution 2
Flat Earth vs spherical eartj
Church and Galileo where church believed earth is revolved around everything while Galileo thought
otherwise
Hydrosphere - verified answer ALl the water on the Earth's surface (lakes, rivers, oceans)
___ of earth is covered by water, __ of oceans, and -__ of freshwater - verified answer 70%, 97%, ca.
3%
Atmosphere - verified answer Air surrounding Earth
5 layers of the atmosphere - verified answer 1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
